The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The second installment of author Stephanie Meyer's best-selling series picks up after Twilight, which told the story of Isabella "Bella" Swan who falls in love with vampire Edward Cullen and the lengths he and his family go to to protect her from a pack of hostile bloodsuckers.

But in New Moon it's time for the lupines to take centre stage.

When one of his family members lusts for Bella's virginal young blood after a papercut incident, Cullen does a runner, realising his love for Bella can only end in her demise. Broken-hearted at his departure, she seeks solace in her friendship with Jacob Black, who fans were first introduced to in Twilight.
But she soon discovers Jacob is also not quite what he seems as his dark secret eventually emerges that he, and his family are werewolves, descendants of the mysterious Quileute tribe, and sworn supernatural enemies of the Cullens and any vampire in general.
 
Shot in a very similar fashion to Twilight, director Chris Weitz, who takes over the direction from predecessor Catherine Hardwicke, manages to capture the misty and eerie atmosphere of the gloomy Washington town and the love and friendship of the central characters jumps out of the screen with convincing emotion.  
The editing, however, was sloppy and some scenes could have been shortened, which made this two-hour film a bit bum-numbing in certain places.
He certainly should be praised for the vibrantly colourful and fast-moving scenes shot in the Tuscan town of Montepulciano, when Bella goes to rescue her beloved Edward, although closer attention to detail could have been better paid. Although no doubt a great plug for Sir Richard Branson, Virgin America doesn't actually fly to Italy from Seattle - although maybe it makes an exception for the undead.
But it's Brit actor Michael Sheen who steals these scenes as the sarcastic but ever-so-charming Aro, one of three vampires who lead the Volturi, who have usurped control of the vampiric world and decide Edward and Bella's fate.

All in all, a good sequel to Twilight and one that will leave the fans happy and with little to complain about, especially those particularly anal about how closely it follows the book.
Just be prepared for a cinema full of 30-something women dribbling and gushing over the fanged-one Robert Pattinson and the lycanthrope Taylor Lautner, while their embarrassed boyfriends and husbands gaze longingly at the exit signs towards the pub.